Thabazimbi Local Municipality

Thabazimbi
Local municipality

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Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E / -24.583; 27.167Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E / -24.583; 27.167
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Waterberg
Seat Thabazimbi
Wards 12
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Midah Moselane (Thabazimbi Residents Association)
 • Speaker Lambert Joubert (DA)[2]
Area
 • Total 11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 85,234
 • Density 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[3]
 • Black African 84.3%
 • Coloured 0.6%
 • Indian/Asian 0.2%
 • White 14.4%
First languages (2011)[4]
 • Tswana 41.2%
 • Afrikaans 15.7%
 • Xhosa 12.3%
 • Northern Sotho 8.0%
 • Other 22.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code LIM361

Thabazimbi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Waterberg District of Limpopo in South Africa. The seat of Thabazimbi Local Municipality is Thabazimbi.

Thabazimbi is an isiZulu name meaning "iron mountain". The Zulu and Nyasa speaking people worked on this mountain to mine iron.[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amandelbult 9140147.732,076Tswana
Ipeleng 914020.02940Tswana
Middeldrift 914031.152,138Afrikaans
Mmebane 914040.01283Northern Sotho
Northam 9140547.566,180Tswana
Regorogile 914061.117,609Tswana
Rooiberg Tin Mine 914074.32250Afrikaans
Rooikrans 914082.69153Tswana
Smersha Block 914091.3312,875Xhosa
Swartklip 9141014.182,912Afrikaans
Swartkop 914110.56103Afrikaans
Thabazimbi 9141310.764,423Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 914129,723.0623,968Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority on the council. Midah Moselane of the Thabazimbi Residents Association subsequently was elected mayor with support from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Economic Freedom Fighters, and the Freedom Front Plus.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 10,210 10,151 20,361 45.3 8 2 10
Democratic Alliance 4,982 5,002 9,984 22.2 2 3 5
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,469 4,629 9,098 20.2 2 3 5
Thabazimbi Residents Association 1,891 1,878 3,769 8.4 0 2 2
Freedom Front Plus 630 583 1,213 2.7 0 1 1
United Democratic Movement 257 342 499 1.1 0 0 0
Independent 25 - 25 0.1 0 0 0
Total 22,464 22,485 44,949 100.0 12 11 23
Spoilt votes 456 459 915

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ http://ewn.co.za/2016/08/24/New-Thabazimbi-speaker-confident-council-can-turn-the-municipality-around
  3. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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